Next on: Tonight 7.30pm, Rpt Sunday 1.30pm on ABC + iview |
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| | | | | Sophie meets a productive gardener on Kangaroo Island; Tino visits the home garden of a botanist; Josh Byrne demystifies greywater and Millie has some simple solutions to solve common problems in the vegie patch | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | With many Australians feeling the effects of low rainfall, Josh explains how to best utilise grey water in the garden | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | Fact Sheet | | | | Millie shares a simple solution for controlling caterpillars on brassicas and suggests an easy way to get a thriving and diverse lettuce patch | | | | | | |
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| | | | Gardening Australia Weekly QuizQ. How many species of ladybeetles are there in Australia?
A) Between 2000 - 3000
B) Between 3000 - 4000
C) Over 100 Watch tonight's show and see next week's newsletter for the answer!
Answer to last week's quiz question:
Q - Which of the following statements is correct?
A - b) High levels of phosphorus can be found in chicken manure | | |
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What to plant this weekend | | | | COOL It's time to dig up and divide rhubarb crowns. Strip off the old leaves and stems, dig up the crown, and divide with a sharp spade. Replant crowns about 1m apart. Sharpen those secateurs, it's time to prune pretty perennials! Cut Penstemons back by two-thirds to give a flush of late autumn flowers and remove the ratty flower stems of campanulas. Busting for brassicas? Get them started in seed trays, either indoors, or in a green house. Think broccoli, cauliflower, kale and cabbage —they'll be ready to plant out in the patch in a month.
TEMPERATE Sedums are a staple in warm temperate gardens, but it's time to give them some love. Prune them to the ground now that they have flowered — it might seem tough, but they'll thank you for it! Now that St Patricks day is upon us, it's time to build a trellis and get sweet pea seeds into the ground. These old-fashioned fragrant favourites will grow through winter, and flower in spring. Pumpkin vines are dying off and pumpkins are ready to be harvested as the stems dry. It's a good idea to leave part of them stem attached as it helps them store for longer and prevent rot.SUBTROPICAL As you clear spent summer vegies from your beds, it's the perfect time to pop in a green manure of mustard greens and barley, to improve soils and break pest cycles. Lift, divide and replant comfrey just before a cool, wet spell - warm soil and cool air means the plants will settle in gently. Excess foliage can help speed up your compost over Autumn. Putting on a show now is the Bleeding-Heart Vine, Clerodendrum thomsoniae. The eye-catching white and crimson flowers hang in clusters on this tough twiner, which can be grown inside or out!
TROPICAL If you like pesto the besto, get sweet basil into the garden. A winner in warmer climates, sweet basil is tops in pots — blend some pelletised manure with potting mix and plant up! Elegant, strappy and tough as old boots, the Swamp Lily (Crinum pedunculatum), is a must-have. A native bulb, the 2m long strappy leaves and spidery summer flowers are unbeatable! Full of flavour and not frightened of humidity, Suyo Long is a cracking cucumber variety. The skin is deeply ridged and dark green, the vine vigorous and the fruit sweet and mild.ARID It's time to chuck in a choko! It may be humle, but it's at home in the heat. Give it a support and shelter from strong winds, and it'll produce fruit in no time, which are great raw or cooked. If you've been irrigating with greywater over summer, give your lawn and garden a bit of a break over autumn and winter. Flush with freshwater to allow soil and beneficial microbes to recover. Eremophila biserrata is a wonderful West Australian native, and an awesome arid lawn alternative forming dense mats of soft, green almost succulent foliage with dainty red flowers. | | |
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